I started reading this thread, dreading the AP war that I knew was going to follow.

I found myself reading DrToker's post and hovering over the assign antipoints button, fingers itching to say something nasty. But I stopped. The thought came to me, asking, "What right do I have to say that?" Who died and made me God, so to speak. It's his opinion. I don't agree with it, but that still doesn't give me the right to tell him he's wrong.

Those of you that hang out in IRC might already have heard me talk about my faith. For those than haven't, here's a synopsis.

My faith teaches a respect for all life, regardless of whether it is icky, or I don't personally like it, or whether I agree with it. It teaches a respect for all paths, for who are we to judge? I do not personally believe DrToker's statement that Jesus is the only path to God, but I can't prove him wrong. I've been told by members of his faith that I'm a evil whore that is going to burn in hell. Maybe they're right, but do they have the right to tell me that?

My faith teaches the existance of the Is. In order to understand the Is down through the ages, man has assigned it characteristics to make it understandable to our tiny little brains. This is where we get the early "God of Fire", and "God of Rain". As we have evolved, so have our Gods. The Romans, Greeks, Egyptians, they all worshipped pantheons of Gods. Zeus, Demeter etc. My personal believe is that they came up with the different Gods and Goddesses because there are so many different things in our world. If we are created in Their image, then there certainly must be more than one of Them, right?

Then along came early Christianity. Place yourself for a moment in their society. Male-centered and controlled. Women were worth less than the livestock and wheat. To create a single male God makes sense to them.

All of these paths are merely our way of trying to explain the Is. No one is better than the other.

My faith is a polytheistic, nature-based revival of the pagan faiths of old. Some call us Wiccans, some neo-pagans, and others call us witches. (And no, before you ask, I can't make your girlfriend fall in love with you and I don't fly around on a broom, just a 757.)

Anyway, I think I've babbled enough. That's my theory on Divinity.

-Keisha